There is a military option for controlling the border that Obummer DOES NOT control.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 provides Congress the power for “calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions;” The mess on our southern border meets all three qualifications, I’d say, especially if ISIS and everybody who means us harm is going to try crashing the fence.
The “regular” Militia is now the National Guard, which the Predident treats as his own even though state governors nominally control them. (I’m not clear on the legalities of National Guard deployment.)
But the “irregular” Militia is us, armed citizens. Congress has neglected our training, as per Clause 13, but let that go for now.
Imagine a force of volunteers — deer hunters — called to defend their state border. Limit the call-up to veterans only, if you want trained volunteers, for the sake of legal niceties. The governor can even pay them and send the bill to Washington. My guess is that the volunteers would number in the thousands and no, it would not be a bunch of drunken yahoos shooting anything that moved if some leadership and structure was provided.
Governor Abbott?
Speaking of leadership, what happened to all those generals and other officers who have been cashiered these past few years? They looking for work?